Ambafia Surname
Approximately 37 people bear this surname
Ambafia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 36 | 1:576,919 | 44,454 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Ambafia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ambafia Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ambafia occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Ambafia.
How Common Is The Last Name Ambafia? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,228,735th most frequent family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 196,960,700 people. Ambafia is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ambafia reside; 97 percent reside in Central Africa and 97 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
This surname is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 36 people, or 1 in 576,919. In Cameroon Ambafia is most prevalent in: Centre Region, where 97 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 3 percent reside. Beside Cameroon this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ambafi | 92 | 33 | / |
| Ombafia | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ambafaya | 80 | 33 | / |
| Amibaffa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ambavi | 77 | 137 | / |
| Ambafu | 77 | 12 | / |
| Embafa | 77 | 7 | / |
| Ambava | 77 | 3 | / |
| Embafi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ambaeva | 71 | 576 | / |
| Ambavva | 71 | 225 | / |
| Ambufei | 71 | 31 | / |
| Ambofih | 71 | 16 | / |
| Ambofei | 71 | 13 | / |
| Amabavi | 71 | 5 | / |
| Anwafia | 71 | 4 | / |
| Ambavae | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ambefei | 71 | 1 | / |
| Yimbafa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Omuafia | 71 | 1 | / |
| Amboava | 71 | 1 | / |
| Yambaeva | 67 | 575 | / |
| Amboufei | 67 | 76 | / |
| Ambof | 67 | 44 | / |
| Ambhavva | 67 | 10 | / |
| Ampaviah | 67 | 6 | / |
| Aimbaeva | 67 | 6 | / |
| Aumbaeva | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ambbavva | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ammibavi | 67 | 3 | / |
| Amabaeva | 67 | 3 | / |
| Amobaeva | 67 | 2 | / |
| Eambaeva | 67 | 1 | / |
| Amabhaiv | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ambouvia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Imbaf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iambaeva | 67 | 1 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Ambafia
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